She has overhauled her lifestyle in recent months, embarking in a fitness regime and making healthier meal choices.
But Gemma Collins couldn’t resist relaxing her diet this Easter weekend as she headed to a McDonald’s drive-thru in East London.
The television personality, 40, looked in good spirits as she tucked into a 99p burger and large fizzy drink.
Treat: Gemma Collins couldn’t resist relaxing her diet this Easter weekend as she headed to a McDonald’s drive-thru in East London
Gemma was joined by a pal who drove a fancy white Range Rover through the fast-food restaurant drive thru.
The former TOWIE star cut a casual figure in a white jumper and wore her blonde locks in a low ponytail.
It comes after Gemma last week urged her fans to lose weight naturally, as her ex boyfriend James Argent, 33, prepares to have ‘life-saving’ gastric surgery.
She insisted that diet and exercise is the way to tackle weight loss as she confessed that she regrets promoting weight loss jabs in the past.
Yummy: The television personality, 40, who has lost an impressive three stone, looked in good spirits as she tucked into a 99p burger and large fizzy drink
Getting her order ready: Gemma gazed at her phone as she waited in the drive-thru with her pal who was driving a flashy white Range Rover
Casually-clad: The former TOWIE star cut a casual figure in a white jumper and wore her blonde locks in a low ponytail
‘My new name is fitness queen’: Gemma recently urged her fans to lose weight naturally, as her ex boyfriend James Argent, 33, prepares to have ‘life-saving’ gastric surgery
Speaking on the GC podcast she revealed that she now calls herself a ‘fitness queen’ after her three stone weight loss, and is determined to continue her health kick.
She explained: ‘I have said that I’m not promoting any diet injections or anything like that.
‘I kind of regret doing it but I feel like sometimes you’re in such a desperate place and you want to lose weight but actually I’ve come away from all the diet promotion because I wish we could get rid of that word diet.
Health kick: The reality star revealed that she now calls herself a ‘fitness queen’ after her three stone weight loss, and is determined to continue her health kick
Small appetite: The burger was certainly a change for Gemma’s diet. The star previously showed her followers that she was eating salmon filet and five slices of cucumber for lunch
‘It is so important that we keep getting that message home to people, that beauty is more than just these pumped-up faces, it’s not all about that.’
She continued: ‘It’s me Gemma, my new name is fitness queen. Since turning 40 I’ve become so much more aware of my health and I’m kind of regretting maybe not taking my health as seriously as I should have done.’
Gemma revealed that her new diet on her ‘massive health drive’ includes scrambled eggs, avocados and bacon, plus some small treats like jelly and nuts.
Diet: Gemma revealed that her new diet on her ‘massive health drive’ includes scrambled eggs, avocados and bacon, plus some small treats like jelly and nuts
She explained that she has also been taking part in more exercise, and even wants to run the London marathon.
She shared: ‘I’ve gone health-obsessed mad and I’m loving it. I am feeling so fabulous about exercise. Imagine if I could do the London Marathon. Maybe I could. I would love to do it.’
Gemma’s comments come after Arg revealed he will have life-saving gastric surgery in the near future as he described doctors’ stark warning as ‘very worrying’.
The reality TV personality has now received his first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine after he was placed in the ‘high-risk category’ because of his weight.
He said on a recent GMB appearance: ‘They’ve [doctors] basically been saying, the size I am at the moment, it could be fatal. If I was to catch Covid, I could be a goner.’
Bring it on: She shared: ‘I’ve gone health-obsessed mad and I’m loving it. I am feeling so fabulous about exercise. Imagine if I could do the London Marathon’
Easter weekend: The television personality recreated her famous Celebrity Big Brother scene as she posed with two Shetland ponies for an Instagram snap
Having a blast: Gemma typed: I hope your all having a beautiful weekend I love the country life and becoming a horse mummy’